Q: What are the prime factors of the number 161,049,434?

 A: 2, 7, 13, 19, 46573

Why are those the prime factors of the number 161,049,434?

Prime factors are the prime numbers that can be multipled together to equal the original number. You find the factors by dividing by prime numbers. It is best shown by creating a Factor Tree.

Factor Tree for the number 161,049,434

161,049,434
Factor Arrows
280,524,717
Factor Arrows
711,503,531
Factor Arrows
13884,887
Factor Arrows
1946,573

The numbers in bold above are the prime factors. If there are multiples, you only count them one time. This leads us to our prime factors of:

2, 7, 13, 19, 46573

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 7 x 13 x 19 x 46,573 = 161,049,434

This can also be written as 21 x 71 x 131 x 191 x 46,5731 = 161,049,434

If you would like to know more, or need additional explanation, please review our prime factorization explanation.


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